Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 5:14 p.m.

She was a native and lifelong resident of Henderson County and was preceded in death by her parents, Kelly L. and Helen Hill Jackson; her husband, John Boyd Kerr; a son, John G. Kerr, and a brother, Tommy Jackson.

She graduated in 1954 from Edneyville High School and was active in planning class reunions. She married Boyd on Sept. 25, 1954, and was a member of Mountain Home Baptist Church where she was a primary and beginner Sunday school teacher, trustee and was very active in the Ladies Prayer Group.

She loved her family and her church and helping other people.

She is survived by her two daughters, Suzanne Kirtley and husband, Don, of Horse Shoe and Jennifer Kerr Flood and husband, Buster, of Brevard; four grandchildren, Kelley Evans, Anthony Kerr, Allison Smith and Melanie Smith; two sisters, Evelyn J. Splawn and husband, Aubrey, of Edneyville and Carol J. Ferguson and husband, Jim, of Greenville, S.C.; a brother, Roger Jackson and wife, Micki, of Edneyville; a sister-in-law, Stella C. Jackson, of Hendersonville, and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held 12 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at Mountain Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Garren and the Rev. K.W. Wright officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church.

Condolence cards may be sent to the family at www.jacksonfuneralservice.com or P.O. Box 945, Hendersonville, NC 28793.

<p>EDNEYVILLE — Beatrice Jackson Kerr, 76, of Edneyville, N.C., passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at the Elizabeth House.</p><p>She was a native and lifelong resident of Henderson County and was preceded in death by her parents, Kelly L. and Helen Hill Jackson; her husband, John Boyd Kerr; a son, John G. Kerr, and a brother, Tommy Jackson.</p><p>She graduated in 1954 from Edneyville High School and was active in planning class reunions. She married Boyd on Sept. 25, 1954, and was a member of Mountain Home Baptist Church where she was a primary and beginner Sunday school teacher, trustee and was very active in the Ladies Prayer Group.</p><p>She loved her family and her church and helping other people.</p><p>She is survived by her two daughters, Suzanne Kirtley and husband, Don, of Horse Shoe and Jennifer Kerr Flood and husband, Buster, of Brevard; four grandchildren, Kelley Evans, Anthony Kerr, Allison Smith and Melanie Smith; two sisters, Evelyn J. Splawn and husband, Aubrey, of Edneyville and Carol J. Ferguson and husband, Jim, of Greenville, S.C.; a brother, Roger Jackson and wife, Micki, of Edneyville; a sister-in-law, Stella C. Jackson, of Hendersonville, and several nieces and nephews.</p><p>A funeral service will be held 12 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at Mountain Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Garren and the Rev. K.W. Wright officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church.</p><p>Condolence cards may be sent to the family at www.jacksonfuneralservice.com or P.O. Box 945, Hendersonville, NC 28793.</p>